Schwamble v. Sheriff
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was a writ of habeas corpus issued out of the Supreme Court at the instance of Philip Schwamble, and directed to the sheriff and jailer of Allegheny county, William Magill.
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This was a writ of habeas corpus issued out of the Supreme Court at the instance of Philip Schwamble, and directed to the sheriff and jailer of Allegheny county, William Magill. To the writ, the sheriff returned that the said Philip Schwamble was in custody by virtue of a sentence of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny County, on an indictment and conviction for keeping a tippling house, the sentence being that he pay a fine of seventy-five dollars to the Commonwealth, pay the costs of prosecution, and stand committed until the sentence be complied with. It was further averred that on…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered, September 19, by
Black, C. J.
The relator in this case was convicted of keeping a tippling house, and sentenced to pay a fine of seventy-five dollars, and the costs of prosecution, and to remain in custody until he complied. After he had been in prison some time, he paid the costs, and the commissioners of the county thought proper to direct his discharge without payment of the fine; and he was accordingly suffered to go at large by the under-sheriff; but when this fact came to the knowledge of the high-sheriff, he, believing the discharge illegal, caused…
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